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Reverse phone lookup; also known as a reverse phone directory is a means by which details of an individual or business can be ascertained from a single telephone number. The system consists of a directory of telephone numbers and the information associated with them; these details are, in most cases personal, providing a name and address – some online services will provide additional information as outlined below.

Reverse phone lookup is provided as a service for a cost on some websites and often for free using advertisement funding (An individual can even search a number in a search engine such as google and find results although this is not particularly effective in all cases) utilising a public record of numbers, both landline and cellphone – using a free service can be unreliable and give multiple results due to the use of old and outdated databases and is limited to landlines only in some cases – whereas for a cost an organisation will provide you with much more reliable results requiring less effort on the part of the individual. Some services and search engines will also gather information from social websites for a more extensive result. Common reasons for an individuals use of this service could be due to prank calling and harrassment, frequent missed call’s or a partner’s suspicion of an extra-marital affair.

This technology is often used to avoid phishing scams (whereby criminals attempt to obtain private information) anyone is at liberty to use the many anti scamming sites which will provide information on dangerous numbers to avoid and look out for; This can be used for security especially when a caller asks for personal information such as bank details and social security numbers – criminals are becoming more and more adept at fooling individuals and have even resorted to tactics such as using private information they are already privy to in order to develop a sense of trust in their unwitting victims – posing as bank representatives and even companies they may have had dealings with in the past – reverse phone directories can be used as an important tool in the protection of family, home and financial assets.

Searching for cellphone can be a rather tricky business – they are not publicly available so it is a neccessity to use an online service at a cost – these business recieve this information from utility resources so can never retain a complete database of all cellphones – although unreliable it can be done.

Before these online service’s were available an individual would have to contact a business at cost or use a printed reverse telephone directory available in most public libraries.

In the usa the reverse telephone directory is publicly accessible although this is not true for all countries; such as the united kingdom where no such information is made available. An exception to this is in it’s use by the government for local law enforcement and emergency services – for example, to ascertain the origin and location of an emergency call – these organisations will have access to a full database of both public and unlisted services, this is true for both the united states and the united kingdom. An example of this restriction on the availability of a reverse telephone directory in the UK is the regulation of investigatory powers act 2000, this act regulates the rights of agencies in surveillance and investigation. This includes reverse telephone directory’s and their attributed information and as such is seen as communication data akin to the contents of phone calls and internet activities.

As a whole reverse telephone lookup is an extremely useful tool and will continue to evolve in the future to be a much more accessible service. It seems as though more and more information is being made available to the public as we move in to the future – this is inevitable, but is that a good thing?